PJHL Officials Recognized

In honour of the late Jason Mercer, who served the Saskatchewan Hockey Association’s Referee’s Division and the Prairie Junior Hockey League for several season, the league executive made the decision to re-name the officials of the year awards in his honour.

Last week, as the PJHL neared the end of the regular season, the Al Scott and Aidan Penner were presented with their awards at two separate games.

Scott, who hails from Regina, was awarded The Jason Mercer Memorial Referee of the Year Award while Penner, an official working out of Saskatoon, was presented with The Jason Mercer Memorial Linesman of the Year Award.

Both officials have personally been involved with Mercer through developmental opportunities and both are well deserving officials of the first recipients of this memorial award.